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Chrome Switches Its Release Cycle for First Time in a Decade

Kellen March 4, 2021 7

Google Chrome releases will soon arrive more frequently than ever. In an announcement this morning from the Chromium blog, Google said that they are updating the Chrome release schedule for the first time in over a decade. For a cool 10+ years now, Chrome...

Google Says It Soon Won’t Track Your Browsing Anymore

Kellen March 3, 2021 13

No one likes to be tracked as they browse the internet. It's creepy, the ads are annoying, and our trust in the companies powering so many of our experiences has certainly diminished over the years because of it. As tech heads are beginning to realize that our...

Chrome Gets Sweet New Profile Experience

Kellen March 2, 2021 5

Managing a Chrome experience on a shared desktop in your home can be a pain unless you know about Chrome profiles and their power in separating everyone's personal experiences. Yeah, you probably didn't know about them, so Google is trying to put a bit of...

GeForce NOW Intros Chrome Browser Support for Windows, macOS in Beta

Tim February 4, 2021 6

NVIDIA is celebrating the first anniversary of GeForce NOW, sharing a few stats for the service, as well as announcing that the service has become more accessible than ever. For a few numbers, NVIDIA details that gamers have streamed over 175 million hours of...

Chrome for Android Now Lets You Know if Your Passwords Have Been Compromised

Tim October 6, 2020 5

Google announced this morning that starting this week, Chrome for Android will be able to safely cross reference passwords you have saved in the browser against a list of known compromised credentials. The point being to notify you to change those bad...

Google’s Autofill Gets Biometric Support for Credit Cards

Tim July 31, 2020 8

Google's Autofill is a fantastic little feature. It can help you quickly fill out shipping forms and payment forms, but here in the coming weeks, it's getting new features as announced this week by Google. Starting soon for payment methods, Google will be...

Chrome for Android Will Soon Be 64-Bit

Kellen July 3, 2020 8

Hey, we've got big Chrome for Android news! In version 85, which is currently only in Chrome Dev, we'll make the switch to 64-bit! Since I'm not a specialist in explaining bits and thangs, I don't think I'm going to even try to talk through to you what this...

Google is Testing Live Caption for Chrome

Tim May 6, 2020

It's been spotted in the latest Canary build of the Chrome browser that Google is testing Android's Live Caption feature. If you aren't familiar, when enabled on an Android phone, Live Caption can literally live caption any audio that's taking place on the...